Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion

For what its worth, Russia is nearly through half of its liquid assets after about 2 years of war, i'm not close to an economist, but i reckon it can't be good news for them if they actually run out, which they will eventually, as long as the west actually backs Ukraine(doubtful).

At this rate, another couple of years should do it.
 


Western countries have frozen over $300 billion in the Russian central bank's sovereign assets since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Around two-thirds of the assets are held in European accounts, while only up to $5 billion are frozen at U.S. institutions.
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Raoul said:
The 100k figure is completely believable given the pre-invasion population of Mariupol was about 450k, and the entire city was decimated by the Russians.
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To remember a talk with a guy I know about how Ukrainians were at fault for the whole thing, more precisely AZOV, cause they kept people in there. Oh those pesky Ukrainians, instead of just surrendering they fought making Russia decimating the city and kill hundreds of thousands of people. I've broken all communication or avoid it with people who share similar opinions cause I dont want to punch people around.
 
Genuinely embarrassing, not even according to russian MoD, but simply putting this forward as a fact. :lol:
 
Rajma said:
Genuinely embarrassing, not even according to russian MoD, but simply putting this forward as a fact. :lol:
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Headline:
A plane that Russia says was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs crashed. An official says all aboard died

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It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash in the Belgorod region. Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov didn’t specify who was on the plane.

The Associated Press could not confirm who was on board, and Ukrainian officials cautioned against sharing unverified information."

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" Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said it was looking into the crash but did not immediately provide any information. Instead, it cautioned against sharing “unverified information.” "
 
NotThatSoph said:
Headline:
A plane that Russia says was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs crashed. An official says all aboard died

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It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash in the Belgorod region. Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov didn’t specify who was on the plane.

The Associated Press could not confirm who was on board, and Ukrainian officials cautioned against sharing unverified information."

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" Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said it was looking into the crash but did not immediately provide any information. Instead, it cautioned against sharing “unverified information.” "
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Looks like, from an immediate viewing, that Russia put PoW in a plane and lured Ukraine into shooting it down. Such ****s

edit: from further research, many are fairly sure there were no POW on the plane. The only thing which made me suspicious was UKRs reaction, although I guess they were still verifying the information themselves
 
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No aid will come, since dear leader, overlord Trump has said so, and GOP, being the party of cowards(some are also just traitors), will always obey him.

I really feel like dems need to start doing mass investigations into congressional republicans, and find out what exactly Russia has got on them, how much in bribes they are getting, and so on.

Guaranteed they would find something.
 
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Situation looks kinda dire. Uncertainty about Western long-term support isn't helping either.


After Two Years of Bloody Fighting, Ukraine Wrestles With Conscription

Conscription means fewer taxpayers covering a bigger army payroll. Mr. Zelensky said last month that mobilizing more than 450,000 people would cost 500 billion Ukrainian hryvnias, about $13 billion — when continued Western financial aid is in doubt.

“Where will we get the money from?” Mr. Zelensky asked.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/europe/ukraine-conscription-mobilization-bill.html
 
Just an absolute disgrace and total embarrassment when one of the supposedly largest military production wise EU states can only provide so little after 2 years of full scale invasion:



This will barely last a day at the front, and this is the reason Putin believes he can outlast the west and then eventually challenge NATO when he gets the signals of complete impotence from Europe.
 
Isn't EU supposed to give Ukraine a lot of money in the near future, so Ukraine can afford further conscription, or is the economic aid that's being discussed not enough to make up the gap?
 
Morty_ said:
Isn't EU supposed to give Ukraine a lot of money in the near future, so Ukraine can afford further conscription, or is the economic that's being discussed not enough to make up the gap?
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I don't know about whether the gap can be filled but yes, Ukraine needs funding for different goals.
 
More info on the Zaluzhny situation:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...asked-top-general-to-step-down-but-he-refused

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/zelensky-valery-zaluzhny-ukraine-war-general-lp9wdp3l2


The gist is that Zelenskiy wants Zaluzhniy gone. Zaluzhniy in his turn has been trying to tell Zelenskiy that his panoply of 'advisors' (useless political operatives trying to avoid the frontline) are not giving him realistic information about the battlefield. Zaluzhniy is very popular among the Ukrainian people and firing him will be very, very difficult for Zelenskiy.

For a little more context here's a Ukrainian Youtube channel that I follow where they ask Ukrainians their opinion about various parts of this war. Here's the segment on Zelenskiy 'vs' Zaluzhniy from late last year, following the fallout from Zaluzhniy's interview with The Economist:

 
People have been wondering about the situation with the artillery ammunition production in EU and this article has some interesting quotes
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-...ter-than-nothing-when-it-comes-to-ammunition/

“This is a work in progress, the whole machinery is working and member states are passing commands,” EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told reporters after an informal meeting of member-country defense ministers in Brussels on Wednesday.


“Every day, it keeps evolving and increasing,” he said, specifying that Ukraine will get 524,000 shells by March.
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“We are already at this level today, in other words — we are two months ahead of schedule in our capacity to produce more ammunition in Europe, of course for Ukraine but also for our own security,” Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said on the sidelines of the defense ministers’ meeting.


According to the commissioner from France, the EU's ammunition production capacity should hit 1.4 million rounds in 2024 before rising to 2 million rounds in 2025.
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VorZakone said:
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This is huge and a critical point for not just Ukraine but to check Russian bulling by force of violence. Now it's up to the US to also unlock the 50 or 60 so billion and Europe becomes a much safer place.
 
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Part of Putin's purpose of taking Crimea was to allow the Russian Navy unfettered access to Crimean ports (beyond just Sevastopol) so it could dominate the Black Sea. Instead its had the opposite effect where Russian ships are fleeing the area for safety and to avoid being sunk.
 
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